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Monica G. Aufrecht
PHIL 115
Seattle Campus
Introduction to logic emphasizing concepts and methods useful for practical analysis of arguments in everyday contexts; meaning, syllogisms, logical diagrams, inductive and statistical inference, informal fallacies, argument structure, perhaps some beginning symbolic logic. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
This course is an introduction to logic emphasizing concepts and methods useful for practical analysis of arguments in everyday contexts. We will talk about argument structure, meaning, informal fallacies, inductive and scientific reasoning, causation, probabilities, and statistical inference.
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